Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences

Angelo Flynn is a senior Psychology lecturer at the University of South Africa.Sherianne Kramer is a Social Science lecturer at the Amsterdam University College.Sumaya Laher is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

• Tables and figuresPrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Research as practice: Contextualising applied research in the South African context – Sherianne Kramer, Angelo Fynn and Sumaya LaherSection 1 Quantitative methodsChapter 2 Non-experimental research designs: Investigating the spatial distribution and social ecology of male homicide – Lu-Anne Swart, Sherianne Kramer, Kopano Ratele and Mohamed SeedatChapter 3 Longitudinal designs: The RANCH-SA study – Kate Cockcroft, Paul Goldschagg and Joseph SeabiChapter 4 Establishing factorial validity of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: A cross-sectional design – Malose Makhubela and Solomon MashegoaneChapter 5 Using the WAIS-III to illustrate test norming strategies for valid cognitive assessment: A non-experimental design – Ann B. Shuttleworth-EdwardsChapter 6 Quasi-experimental designs in applied behavioural health research – Brendon R. BarnesChapter 7 Experimental research: Randomised control trials to evaluate task-shifting interventions – Goodman Sibeko and Dan J. SteinChapter 8 Repeated-measures Factorial Design: Exploring working memory interactions in earworms – Thomas Geffen and Michael PitmanChapter 9 Q Methodology: Patterns of subjectivity in academic misconduct – Gillian Finchilescu and Saloshni MuthalSection 2 Qualitative methodsChapter 10 Systematic case study research in clinical and counselling psychology – David J.A. EdwardsChapter 11 Doing psychobiography: The case of Christiaan Barnard – Roelf van Niekerk, Tracey Prenter and Paul FouchéChapter 12 Narrative research in career counselling: The career construction interview – Jacobus G. MareeChapter 13 Interrogating grounded theory in meaning-making of voluntary medical adult male circumcision for HIV prevention – Lynlee Howard-PayneChapter 14 Feminist approaches: An exploration of women’s gendering experiences – Peace KiguwaChapter 15 The power of critical discourse analysis: Investigating female-perpetrated sex abuse victim discourses – Sherianne KramerChapter 16 Using ethnomethodology and conversation analysis to study racial social categories in radio talk – Kevin A. WhiteheadChapter 17 Autoethnography: Locating the voice of the self in post-apartheid South Africa – Jeanette SchmidChapter 18 Genealogy in practice: Labour, discipline and power in the production of the South African mine worker – Brett Bowman, Ian Siemers and Kevin A. WhiteheadSection 3 Transparadigmatic methodsChapter 19 Transformative mixed methods research in South Africa: Contributions to social justice – Brendon R. BarnesChapter 20 Design research: Developing effective feedback interventions for school-based monitoring – Elizabeth ArcherChapter 21 Appreciative inquiry as transformative methodology: Case studies in health and wellness – Kathryn Nel and Saraswathie GovenderChapter 22 Photovoice methodologies for social justice – Shose Kessi, Debbie Kaminer, Floretta Boonzaier and Despina LearmonthChapter 23 Action and community-based research: Improving local governance practices through the community scorecard – Diana Sanchez-Betancourt and Elmé VivierChapter 24 Trends in social science research in Africa: Rigour, relevance and responsibility – Sumaya Laher, Angelo Fynn and Sherianne KramerContributorsIndex

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